Gaming Latest Topicshttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/forum/66-gaming/Gaming Latest TopicsenStar Citizen / Squadrdon 42 - a real PC gamehttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/52087-star-citizen-squadrdon-42-a-real-pc-game/So there's this incredible PC game in the works called Star Citizen... you may have heard of it or even read Atomic's piece on it (Now this is the game we've been waiting for) but if you don't know about it- you need to.

It's a space sim that has both an offline storyline and an online component that is slightly MMO (instance based). It's been made solely with the PC in mind, runs on a heavily custom-modified version of CryEngine 3 and completely ignores the needs of even next gen consoles. Apparently there are 100,000 polygons for character models, 300,000 for average ships and about 7,000,000 for massive ship carriers. If you need some convincing, take a look at this real-time, in-engine trailer: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game

It's a crowd funded game and has already hit its goal, but ever-increasing funds are allowing it to bring in new features and polish. Last year I got all excited about it reaching a $3 million stretch total in funding, but as of October 25 it's sitting on top of 25 fully-crowdfunded million dollars. With a release in late 2014/early 2015, that total is only going to increase as new fans join the excitement and existing backers donate more money for rewards.

While the game neither operates on a subscription system or a 'pay to win' system, it does operate on a 'pay to unlock stuff faster' system. It will be a single purchase like Guild Wars and Secret World. Purchasing things with real-world cash will only net you things like ordinary game cash (no 'Premium Coin' nonsense like in Farmville games). Purchasing ships now as an early-backer however will give you bonuses like free ship insurance instead of paid insurance, a free hangar to park your ship and the ability to fly/see your ship in-game before the game is released.

The game is still in pre-alpha, but if you have at least the basic $30 game package you can view your ship in-engine and walk around poking at things. It's essentially a digital 'show room' of all the ship rewards you have purchased. Dogfighting/flying-around alpha comes this month or the next.

Oh and yes, I'm ******* excited for this :)

Edit: Can't believe it's been a year since this all started. This thread didn't get too much traction back then, but obviously some pertinent edits are due in November 2013 :) Oh when just $3 million seemed so lofty...

What is World of Tanks?World of Tanks is a free to play team-based massively multiplayer online game dedicated to armored warfare in the mid-20th century. Throw yourself into epic tank battles shoulder to shoulder with other steel cowboys to dominate the world with tank supremacy!

An advanced system of vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try out the vehicles and weapons featured in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, punch deep into enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the power of heavy tanks to eliminate opposing forces, or become a high-powered sniper using long-range artillery, each unit type is extremely lethal and effective when commanded by a true tank ace

It takes more than just being a great tank commander to win. In World of Tanks, it's all about teamwork. Victory can only be achieved through the combined efforts of every member of the team, each playing their own role on the battlefield.

How do I get it?Simply fill in some details here, download the client, and you're ready to go!

An important point to make is that there are multiple servers for World of Tanks, each for different geographical regions. The default server for Australian's was the North American (NA) server, however the default is now the Asian (ASIA) server. Many players have already transferred to the SEA server, and all new players are recommended to create their accounts on this server

Guides and TutorialsWant some guides? To help you in and around the game? Look here for the official guides, or below for tutorials

If they bring back Deb of Night, the defamatory political ads, and the news anchor speaking directly to my Malcavian, I will be very happy. Very, very happy indeed.

]]>60158Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:10:12 +0000What are you playing at the moment?https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/54123-what-are-you-playing-at-the-moment/I figure there is a ton of people out there playing games, whether they be a new release, a ten year old classic or something in between but not finding it worthwhile enough to start a thread about it or resurrecting an old one.

I thought that a general convo thread like those in the green room may be an answer for those peeps not playing World of Tanks of F1 racing but still feel like contributing some conversation to the gaming section

Personally - On Xbox I'm working on Skyrim at the moment and Farcry 3 - playing through it slowly but trying to pick up all the cheeves I don't yet have. After those have been played the fuck out I might work through Fallout 3 and Mass Effect trilogy again... I don't think I will be investing in any new releases until I know what the story will be with the new xbox... (unless theres an amazing deal. I kinda wanna play Injustice Gods Among Us - and Im not usually a fighting game dude)

On game boy, I have a plethora of pokemon games I should probably start playing again though torn on which version to start first...

Its probably time I started another playthrough of Baldurs Gate on my lappie too! :)

]]>59936Tue, 28 Aug 2018 03:15:59 +0000LifeAfter, Real survival gamehttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/60156-lifeafter-real-survival-game/
I have played LifeAfter recently, the name meaning " life after tomorrow", is a fight to zombie-like walking dead series. It has an English version for English speaking player. The graphic is nice, and look to be real-life. Firstly, you have passed a tutorial to make acquaintance with the game. You also need to send SOS to ask others to support you pass the second test. When you passed, you will be taken to 101 where others come here to learn a job, buy something and go to another place like falling forest ( you can come here when you passed the SOS message part) or sand castle ( when you reach to level 3 manor). You can join a camp to co-operate with others.

I think this game is so real. Anyone here plays it, can we discuss?

]]>60156Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:17:01 +0000Grid 2 freehttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/60148-grid-2-free/
Humble bundle has grid 2 for free for a couple of days if you sign up to their newsletter.
]]>60148Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:04:49 +0000Red Dead Redemption 2 - My thoughtshttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/60048-red-dead-redemption-2-my-thoughts/
After an initial false start (the shop gave me the wrong console so I lost a weekend due to having to return it for the other one), I've had a fairly quick (about 4 hours) initial look.

In my initial play time, I still haven't finished the tutorial. I've saved a guy on a mountain, punched my horse in the face multiple times (more on that later), killed a bunch of bad guys from a rival gang, shot a couple of deer with a bow and arrow (and been horrified by the skinning), fallen off my horse by hitting a tree, and headed out to rob a train.

The fact that I've actually done so few things in 4 hours play time seems to be evidence of the pace of the game. While I've had some opportunity to wander off a little and do some freestyle stuff, most of what I've done so far has been story and script driven. I know this is a massive open world game, however so far I haven't seen it, which again adds to the feel of a very slow, plodding pace. It's hard to get my head out of the Witcher 3 style of open world where the user feels, even in the very early game, much more free to wander and yet still guided in what you need to know. The lack of helpful hints, tips and lengthy training guide and information is also fairly jarring. In this game, you are not going to be spoon-fed anything. And what tips and info you get is there and gone so quickly that if you aren't paying attention, you will miss it.

The controls also feel very clunky. Aiming on the console has always been an issue for me, and this game certainly doesn't lessen that frustration, although the Dead Eye skill is useful. Getting a gun out of my saddle led me to punch my horse in the face repeatedly during the tutorial until I managed to get it somewhat under control. My horse was not amused and I'm pretty sure it's why it decided to walk into a tree shortly after, knocking me on my butt, sprawled in the snow. Lovely.

The horse mechanic is actually very nice, with the horse acting as a cargo hold, means of transport and warm 'n fuzzy all at once. You can interact with the horse by petting it and by doing so, it improves the stamina and health and also gives the fuzzy feeling stuff. Hopefully for me, more petting equals less tree time, but I'll have to see how that goes.

So why do I actually love it? The sheer variety of things you are doing is an absolute blast. Shooting the bad guys with a revolver one minute, then wielding a bow and arrow the next. The story is truly amazing and the integration between cut-scene and playtime is astonishingly seemless. The NPCs are great fun to interact with and having played RDR, getting to see the origin of John Marsten's facial scars as well as where most of his gang came from is a treat. The realism is insane in settings, voice acting and characters.

My next playthrough will finish off the train job and get me to town and into the wide open spaces the game offers.

As I (very, very slowly) work my way into the massive, open world I was promised on the back of the box, I'll let you know how I go.

--tldr version - It's great. Buy it. But don't expect the usual kind of open world game. It certainly ain't that.

]]>60048Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:22:45 +0000Rare gamehttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/655-rare-game/Hi all... anyone here remember a game from the 90's called "Legend of the Dragon Island" ??? I asked about it at game shops, they don't have.

I even searched google, but had only 1 or 2 results :( .. Maybe I misspelled the name.

It's a strategy game about three nations, i remember two only, the Samurai (yellow color, and their hero unit is an infantry samurai), then Tang's Bandits (red color, and their hero unit is cavalry with pike) , but the third nation i forgot their name ( all i remember their color is blue and their hero unit is cavalry with a mace ).

The game reminds me of Romance of Three Kingdoms + there are magicians. Does it ring a bell, anyone ?

]]>655Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:29:58 +0000New free DOOM megawad by John Romero - SIGILhttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/60088-new-free-doom-megawad-by-john-romero-sigil/
Anyone still playing old school DOOM looking forward to some new levels by John Romero himself? Looks like he's been busy with a megawad set after the fourth episode of the first DOOM, to be released sometime in February 2019 and it's free! They had a pre-order promotion of a couple of big box sets with some extra goodies though unfortunately that has ended.

]]>60088Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:59:32 +0000What was the first game you ever played?https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/57728-what-was-the-first-game-you-ever-played/Well the title says it all, what was the first video game you every played (or can at least remember playing first :P)? I can't remember my first exact game I played but i'm *fairly* sure it was Zoo Tycoon, which I still play today...Dad brought home a *really* shitty Toshiba laptop one day and introduced me and my sister to it, I then proceeded to lose my life over building zoos, a few years later I was going to make a game that let me build a dinosaur zoo, then I discovered Zoo Tycoon 2, which I then lost even more of my life over :P, from there I moved onto Steam and the rest is history ;)]]>57728Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:19:20 +0000Diablo Immortal Announced (Mobile Game)https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/60046-diablo-immortal-announced-mobile-game/https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1058443668766375936

]]>60046Mon, 05 Nov 2018 07:11:30 +0000https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/59518-blade-soul-korean-game-anyone-is-playing-it/I heard that this game is amazing, then I installed it from garena and tried it.

It's consider 18+ game, the graphic is super good.

I tried it but I give up at third mission. :D

If someone here played it or just playing it ? Can you share us your experience about it?

been awhile since the last one. Seems like it was back when halo 3 was released.

Was wondering if anyone was interested?

i figure min is 4 ppl (gears of war2 horde)

up to whatever.

Sugestions for games?

Anyone actually interested?

]]>59885Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:01:12 +0000Best PC Games to use with a controllerhttps://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/59776-best-pc-games-to-use-with-a-controller/
Xbox One controller that I was using with the PC died recently, so found an excuse to upgrade to this.

]]>59593Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:48:23 +0000Need help?https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/59580-need-help/It was an RTS, released in '03-ish I think. I believe it's name was something like 7 Nations or something similar. It had really interesting art-direction, and a developed "spying" system in the game (I loved taking over enemy cities from within!) Any ideas? ]]>59580Wed, 06 Jun 2018 06:46:18 +0000Soooooo, what'd I miss?https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/59578-soooooo-whatd-i-miss/My new rig will be arriving from pc case gear shortly and I'm all keen to do some catching up on all the great pc exclusive titles that I've missed over the last 4 years. I could really use your help here guys as I'm having trouble coming up with more than the short list that follows. So what have you played in the last 4 years that you consider to be unmissable? I play almost anything but I'm not into flight sims or driving games. Here is a list of what I'm already buying/have bought. Crysis 1 & 2 Total War, both Shogun 2 & Empire Civ V Starcraft 2 The Witcher Minecraft Thanks in advance.]]>59578Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:07:01 +0000Anyone else playing LA Noire on 60gb PS3?https://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/topic/43259-anyone-else-playing-la-noire-on-60gb-ps3/Anybody else playing LA Noire on a 60gb PS3?

It seems like alot of people are having problems with LA Noire on launch consoles, game will install fine but once you get in the game you might get about 1 minute of gameplay before you console just turns off.

There are massive threads starting up on the playstation forums about it. Neither Rockstar or Sony is taking the blame for it, but it believe its patch 3.61 that did it. Its definatly not my PS3, no dust at all in it and I've replaced my thermal paste with arctic silver some time ago.

Also, is it possible that drivers firmware or software can cause a GPU or CPU to overheat? Only time I've seen such a think is if said software changed clock speeds then cause an overheat.